Silas Stow

{{Short description|Early 19th century American congressman and judge from New York.}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Silas Stow

| image =

| caption =

|office = First Judge of {{nobreak|Lewis County, New York}}

| term_start = June 27, 1815

| term_end = January 24, 1823

| predecessor = Jonathan Collins

| successor = Edward Bancroft

|state1 = New York

|district1 = {{ushr|New York|10|10th}}

| term_start1 = March 4, 1811

| term_end1 = March 4, 1813

| predecessor1 = John Nicholson

| successor1 = Hosea Moffitt

|office2 = Sheriff of {{nobreak|Lewis County, New York}}

| term_start2 = March 2, 1814

| term_end2 = March 15, 1815

| predecessor2 = Chillus Doty

| successor2 = Levi Adams

|nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date|1773|12|21}}

| birth_place = Middlefield, Connecticut Colony, British America

| death_date = {{death date and age|1827|1|19|1773|12|21}}

| death_place = Lowville, New York, U.S.

| death_cause =

| restingplace = East Road Cemetery
Lowville, New York

|party = Democratic-Republican

|spouse = {{marriage|Mary Ruggles|1801}}

|children = {{unbulleted list

| Alexander W. Stow

| (b. 1805; died 1854)

| Marcellus K. Stow

| (unknown)

| Horatio J. Stow

| (b. 1809; died 1859)

}}

|father = Elihu Stow

|mother = Jemima (Paine) Stow

|relatives = Joshua Stow (brother)

|residence =

|alma_mater =

|occupation = politician, judge

|signature =

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Silas Stow (December 21, 1773{{spaced ndash}}January 19, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He served in the United States House of Representatives during the 12th United States Congress (1811–1813), representing New York's 10th congressional district.

Biography

Born in Middlefield in the Connecticut Colony, he attended the common schools and studied law, but never practiced. He moved to Lowville, Lewis County, New York and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He became land agent for Nicholas Low and moved to Oneida County in 1797.{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924025959382 |title= A History of Lewis County, in the State of New York, from the beginning of its settlement to the present time |year= 1860 |publisher= Munsell and Rowland |location= Albany, New York |last= Hough |first= Franklin Benjamin |author-link=Franklin B. Hough |pages= 139–140, 289 }} He was appointed judge of Oneida County on January 28, 1801. He returned to Lewis County and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 12th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813. He was Sheriff of Lewis County, New York from 1814 to 1815. He was First Judge of Lewis County, New York, from 1815 to 1823. Stow died in Lowville in 1827; interment was in East State Street Burying Ground.

Personal life and family

Stow was the youngest of eight children born to Elihu Stow and Jemima Paine Stow. His older brothers, Elihu, Obed, and Joshua served in the American Revolutionary War, and his father was zealous patriot who supplied materiel to the Continental Army.{{rp|139}}

Stow married Mary Ruggles on July 26, 1801. Ruggles was the sister of General George D. Ruggles. They had three children together:{{rp|140}}

Alexander W. Stow was the 1st Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.{{cite web |url=https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/justices/retired/stow.htm |title= Alexander W. Stow (1805-1854) |publisher=Courts of Wisconsin |accessdate= August 13, 2020 }}
Marcellus K. Stow was a merchant in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Horatio J. Stow was a New York State Senator.